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Nicolas Winding Refn

Director · 30 credits · 19 in highly-rated films

Best known for Drive (2011)

Frequent collaborators: Liv Corfixen, Mads Mikkelsen, Gaspar Noé, Guillermo del Toro

Best Nicolas Winding Refn movies by genre

Directed movies (17 total, ranked by score)

  1. Drive

    2011 · ★ 7.6 (13,915 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    1

  2. Pusher 3

    2005 · ★ 7.2 (433 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    2

  3. Bronson

    2009 · ★ 6.9 (2,750 votes)

    Drama, Action, Crime

    3

  4. Pusher

    1996 · ★ 7.0 (898 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    4

  5. Pusher II

    2004 · ★ 7.2 (544 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    5

  6. The Neon Demon

    2016 · ★ 6.5 (3,980 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    6

  7. Her Private Hell

    2026 · ★ 5.1 (50 votes)

    Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller

    7

  8. Bleeder

    1999 · ★ 6.7 (212 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    8

  9. Only God Forgives

    2013 · ★ 5.8 (2,618 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    9

  10. Valhalla Rising

    2009 · ★ 6.1 (1,357 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Action

    10

  11. Touch of Crude

    2022 · ★ 6.4 (17 votes)

    Mystery

    11

  12. Fear X

    2003 · ★ 5.8 (203 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    12

  13. Circus Maximus

    2023 · ★ 6.3 (23 votes)

    Music

    13

  14. Rematch

    2019 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    14

  15. Beauty Is Not a Sin

    2024 · ★ 5.5 (28 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Satellites II

    2026 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Animation, Science Fiction

    16

  17. Maniac Cop

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    Crime, Horror

    17

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.